Yes, that bill – and the very long debate in a Pit thread about it – is undoubtedly what spawned the poll question.
(And, yes, IMO, while there are good reasons, from an emergency communications standpoint, to not kill off AM radios, it seems like that at least some of the support is being driven by those who support things like right-wing talk and religious broadcasts, which are common on AM.)
ETA: I’m not actually against the bill. I honestly don’t know all the pros and cons. (I like to listen to a baseball game now and then on the radio while driving. Other sports are not as radio-friendly)
Oh, absolutely! And while i don’t think we should be actively killing off AM radio, I’m dubious that requiring it in all new cars is worth legislating.
I had to look up the number of my congressional district (CA-36), but interestingly when I googled, they said my zip code could mean two different districts. Which makes sense because I had Maxine Waters as my congressperson for ages, then, Ted Lieu, then, back to Maxine, and now with Ted again. My district must have floating boundaries because I haven’t moved in over 40 years.
ETA: I occasionally get mail pieces from Maxine’s office, so maybe they’re confused, too.
I was about 6, 7 years old the last time I saw MASH, but I remember pretending to be Hawkeye with my school uniform (in Argentina public school uniforms resemble little white lab coats), I don’t remember any other character so I choose Hawkeye